The first time I ever quoted Ted Cruz, he actually made a lot of sense

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Oct 17, 2013 at 12:16 PMOct 17, 2013 at 1:31 PM

When Texas voters elected Republican Ted Cruz to the U.S. Senate last November, I had never heard of the guy.

But my first impressions of Cruz were positive. He made what seemed to me be a lot of sense when he warned of an existential threat to his party, which I passed along to readers of this blog on Nov. 13 of last year.

“If Republicans do not do better in the Hispanic community,” Cruz said, “in a few short years Republicans will no longer be the majority party in our state.” He ticked off some statistics: in 2004, George

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Pat Cunningham

When Texas voters elected Republican Ted Cruz to the U.S. Senate last November, I had never heard of the guy.

But my first impressions of Cruz were positive. He made what seemed to me be a lot of sense when he warned of an existential threat to his party, which I passed along to readers of this blog on Nov. 13 of last year.

“If Republicans do not do better in the Hispanic community,” Cruz said, “in a few short years Republicans will no longer be the majority party in our state.” He ticked off some statistics: in 2004, George